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Contemporary Romance

Date Published: April 30, 2024

Narrator: Siofra Brogan

Run Time: 8 hours and 45 minutes

 

 

Tildy Sullivan is the middle child in an elite yet fading Manhattan family. Her quiet practicality hides her deep, profound longing for childhood summers in western Ireland. She also carries a secret regret. After her mother’s death, she’s persuaded to abandon Ireland and the love of the local boy, Aiden.

When Tildy volunteers for a lucid dreaming experiment, it gives her all she wants – a life lived for her family during the day and a secret, perfect Ireland of her own at night. Will she face reality, or succumb to the ease of her dreams?

THE STATES is a modern reimagining of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, a story of love, obligation, and second chances.

 

Review

This is a romance, but it is also very much a women's fiction. It contained a believable romance, and sweetness.

The characters are familiar as is the bones of the story but I loved the spin as well. The author made it her own.

This book was lovely, any fan of modern retelling of classics would love it! It's heartwarming and leaves you with a smile on your face. A beoutiful production all around.

About the Author

NORAH WOODSEY is the author of The States, The Control Problem, Lifeless, and the novella When the Wave Collapses. After short careers in finance and tech, she has dedicated herself to creating fiction. Her subjects of intense interest but not quite expertise include history, physics, genetics, sociology and gender studies. The product of four generations of Brooklynites,"she now lives in California with her husband, children and their dog Saoirse.

  

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